Do I have to pay for the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes part of the national immunisation schedule?
Singapore is transitioning Covid-19 vaccinations from a pandemic-era program to the National Childhood and Adult Immunisation Schedules. The vaccines remain free for eligible residents and are recommended but not compulsory.
Why it matters
This shift signals the normalization of Covid-19 as a manageable, vaccine-preventable disease within national public health frameworks.
Covid-19 vaccines continue to be free for all Singapore citizens, permanent residents, long-term and certain short-term pass holders. SINGAPORE – From Oct 12, Covid-19 vaccines will be added to the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS) and to the National Adult Immunisation Schedule (NAIS).
Covid-19 vaccines continue to be free for all Singapore citizens, permanent residents, long-term and certain short-term pass holders.
This has been the case since 2020 under the National Vaccination Programme , to encourage people to get vaccinated during the pandemic.
Like many vaccines under both the NCIS and NAIS to protect Singapore residents against vaccine-preventable diseases, the ones against Covid-19 are recommended but optional. The only two vaccines that are compulsory under the NCIS are against measles and diphtheria.
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